Emma Charles Claims Imo SWAN-Heartland Player of The Month Award For March

..To Receive A Token Prize Money 

Heartland FC sleeky midfielder, Emmanuel Charles has emerged as the Imo SWAN Heartland FC Player of the Month for March following his individual brilliance and consistency in the month under review.

The midfielder got over 90 percent of the vote cast by members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Imo Chapter to become the seventh winner of the prestigious award.

He defeated his teammates namely  Stephen Ezeamaiwe, Terdoo Shimagande, Anthony Omaka, Christian Molokwu, Samuel Agu, Chinedu Ozor and Suraju Lawal who claimed the award for the second time last month. 

The games played last month were against Ikorodu City, Bayelsa United, Remo Stars, CP Strikers, Abia Warriors, and Sunshine Stars and the shortlisted players were picked as the most outstanding of these games.

Charles who provided the positive vibe and calming influence to Heartland midfield in most of the games he played was among the few turning points of an underwhelming month which produced just a win.

The midfielder will be presented with the award plague and a token prize money courtesy of an anonymous sponsor on Sunday, April 20th shortly before the home game versus Kwara United.

He will be the second player to benefit from the prize money that has now become a norm until the end of the season.

It should be recalled that Peters Afolayan (September, 2024), Ebuka Nwokoecha (October, 2024), Surajudeen Lawal (November, 2024), Christian Molokwu (December, 2024) and Anthony Omaka (January, 2025) and Surajudeen Lawal (February, 2025) again were previous winners of the award.

Imo SWAN Heartland FC Player of the Month Award is solely organised by Cosmos Chukwuemeka led Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Imo Chapter with the support of an anonymous sponsor and it is with the aim of rewarding the most outstanding Heartland FC player every month until the end of the season when the Imo SWAN Heartland FC Player of the Season would be unveiled.

The Association is still open to more sponsorship from individual and corporate organisations of Imo State origin within and outside the state to ensure the award experience a rebirth with the potential sponsor(s) getting the value for their investments.